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Blink 3 of 8 - The 5 AM Club
by Robin Sharma
An Erotic Romance Between a College Graduate and a Mysterious CEO
Anastasia Steele – Ana to her friends – is nearly 22, and about to graduate from Washington State University Vancouver. She has pale skin, brown hair, and big blue eyes. She’s bookish and shy, and has gotten used to living in the shadow of her gorgeous, vivacious roommate, Kate.
But she’s prettier than she thinks she is, and nobody can quite understand why she’s never had a boyfriend.
Today she’s doing Kate yet another favor. Kate, a student journalist, has been working for months to secure an interview with the enigmatic young businessman who’ll speak at their graduation ceremony: Christian Grey, CEO of Grey Enterprises Holdings, Inc. But Kate is ill – so Ana will drive to Seattle and interview him in her place.
So she tames her messy bed hair into a crude ponytail, puts on the only skirt she owns, and hits the road.
Grey Enterprises Holdings is a modern architectural fantasy in steel, glass, and sandstone. His assistants are all meticulously presented young women. Ana is hugely intimidated, and her heart is in her mouth as she approaches Mr. Grey’s office – and she stumbles in the doorway and falls.
So the first time she lays eyes on the tall, copper-haired Adonis of a man that is Christian Grey, she is on her knees. He gently helps her up, and there’s a thrilling static shiver as they touch.
Ana nervously stutters out Kate’s questions, hypnotized by Grey’s intense yet somehow playful gaze. His answers are all about the importance of control and discipline. Ana is enthralled. Part of her wants to run.
Back at home, Kate is thrilled by the intriguing answers Ana has elicited from this notorious recluse, and Ana heads off to work at the local hardware store.
That weekend on her shift, an unusually well dressed customer comes in. It’s Mr. Grey.
He’s restocking cable ties and rope.
Fifty Shades of Grey (2011) is the first in the Fifty Shades trilogy, telling the story of student Anastasia Steele and businessman Christian Grey – who introduces her to his dark world of sensuality, bondage, and discipline.
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